EDITORIAL
Ship Mortgages and ‘Mortgagees’ Interest Insurances’ (MII)
RHIDIAN THOMAS

ANALYSIS OF RECENT CASES AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS

Skyros Maritime v Hapag-Lloyd: commercial certainty and the autonomy of the market in time charter damages
NICOLÁS PREUS
Skyros Maritime Corporation and Agios Minas Shipping Company v Hapag-Lloyd AG
[2025] EWCA 1529

ARTICLES
The HNS Convention enters into force – at last
MÅNS JACOBSSON
Former Director of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds

This article describes the preparatory work, its main contents and issues such as the definition of hazardous substances and the financing of the HNS Fund.

IMO Resolution A.960(23) as soft law in maritime pilotage: normative authority, standards of care and implementation discretion twenty years later
JAVIER SAGARRIBAY POLO
Maritime Pilot, Port of Gijón, Spain

As a soft law instrument its authority, incorporation into standards of care, institutional discretion in implementation and adaptive capacity under technological change is analysed.

From fuel to power: the next technology revolution in shipping and what this means to modern maritime trade
LARISSA TOLEDO
General Counsel, Stillstrom 

This article examines the legal implications of shipping’s transition from fuel‑based propulsion to electrically powered and energy‑integrated operations through the lens of maritime contract law, with particular emphasis on vessel chartering under English law.

Seafarers’ wages and the race to the bottom: state responses and responsibilities
SANDHYA DREW
Associate Professor, City St George’s,
University of London
MARCUS SOANES
City St George’s, University of London

Maritime businesses operate largely beyond the territorial reach of national labour protections, exposing tensions between transnational commercial models and national frameworks. This article analyses. This article analyses two national legislative responses in the UK and the Philippines and considers the potential of a response in international law.

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

IMO – The IMO Legal Committee (Leg 113 Report)
George Theocharidis

European Commission and control of port terminals – Acquisition of port terminals by shipping companies: a slowdown?
Philippe Corruble

Index of cases

Index of legislation

Index